Could we really do this?
If we all act on this it can become a reality
The 26th amendment (granting the right to vote for 18 year-olds) took only 3 months & 8 days to be ratified! Why? Simple! The people demanded it. That was in 1971...before computers, before e-mail, before cell phones, etc.
Of the 27 amendments to the Constitution, seven (7) took 1 year or less to become the law of the land...all because of public pressure.
I'm asking each addressee to forward this email to a minimum of twenty people on their address list; in turn ask each of those to do likewise.
In three days, most people in The United States of America will have the message. This is one idea that really should be passed around.
Congressional Reform Act of 2011
1. Term Limits. 12 years only, one of the possible options below..
A. Two Six-year Senate terms
B. Six Two-year House terms
C. One Six-year Senate term and three Two-Year House terms
2. No Tenure / No Pension. A Congressman collects a salary while in office and receives no pay when they are out of office.
3. Congress (past, present & future) participates in Social Security.
All funds in the Congressional retirement fund move to the Social Security system immediately. All future funds flow into the Social Security system, and Congress participates WITH the American people.
4. Congress can purchase their own retirement plan, just as all Americans do.
5. Congress will no longer vote themselves a pay raise. Congressional pay will rise by the lower of CPI or 3%.
6. Congress loses their current health care system and participates in the same health care system as the American people.
7. Congress must equally abide by all laws they impose on the American people.
8. All contracts with past and present Congressmen are void effective 10-1-11
The American people did not make this contract with Congressmen. Congressmen made all these contracts for themselves.
Serving in Congress is an honor, not a career. The Founding Fathers envisioned citizen legislators, so ours should serve their term(s), then go home and back to work.
If each person contacts a minimum of twenty people then it will only take three days for most people (in the U.S. ) to receive the message. Maybe it is time..
THIS IS HOW YOU FIX CONGRESS!!!!!
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Boehner has his hands full ...
- Boehner Has Trouble Appeasing Both Tea Party and Traditional Republicans
U.S. Speaker of the House John Boehner is having a tough time appeasing both the Tea Party Representatives who'd like to like to shut down the federal government and his entrenched Republican colleagues who would just as soon stay at their jobs.
http://www.hartfordadvocate.com/featured-news/boehner-has-trouble-appeasing-both-tea-party-and-traditional-republicans-064535 - Boehner, McConnell vow to repeal health law
The top Republicans in the House and Senate are “celebrating” the one-year anniversary of President Barack Obama’s health care law by deriding his “broken promises” and vowing to push ahead with efforts to derail the law’s implementation.
http://www.philly.com/philly/news/politics/politico/RSS_POLITICO20110323_Boehner__McConnell_vow_to_repeal_health_law.html
House Speaker Speaks...
Speaker of the House John Boehner speaks to the Conservative ...
Mar 17, 2011 ... Speaker of the House John Boehner speaks to the ...
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What's the President's Response?
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Mar 20, 2011 ... Speaker of the House John Boehner speaks to the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) Reuters – Speaker of the House John Boehner ...
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Boehner on ObamaCare
News for Boehner on Obamacare
Progress IllinoisBoehner Vows to Euthanize Obamacare; Dem Life Support UnpluggedHouse Republicans will do their part to fight it, Boehner said. "In short, we will do whatever we can to ensure Obamacare is never fully implemented," he ...NewsMax.com - 265 related articlesBachmann Calls Boehner Soft on 'Obamacare.' Huh?
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Obamacare Begins to die
Boehner Vows to Euthanize Obamacare as Democrats’ PR Effort Dies
On the one-year anniversary of the healthcare reform law, House Speaker John Boehner is renewing the GOP pledge to circumvent it, and a ballyhooed support group Democrats established for Obamacare has collapsed.
House Republicans will do their part to fight it, Boehner said. "In short, we will do whatever we can to ensure Obamacare is never fully implemented," he said in a video statement issued Wednesday, according to The Hill. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell echoed that call in a video of his own.
Republicans in the House will hold hearings and more votes "to take this law apart, step by step," Boehner said. "A fundamental promise was broken when this government takeover of healthcare was pushed through. That day, that week, the people said one thing, and their government did another.”
Meanwhile, the Health Information Campaign, which Democrats began in June with high hopes, is dissolving, Politico reports. The group, meant to support Obamacare, was created by Wal-Mart Watch founder Andrew Grossman. Former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle and Ted Kennedy's widow, Vicki, were supposed to lead the charge. And Grossman sought $125 million in funding over five years.
But nine months later, the group is pretty much toast. Its website hasn't been updated since Dec. 31. Its executive director and communications director have flown the coop. It is bereft of funds, and neither Daschle nor Dunn returned Politico’s calls to discuss it. Grossman wouldn’t speak about the campaign on the record.
In addition, the White House Office of Health Reform shut down this month. The office was intended to coordinate communication between pro-Obamacare groups.
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Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Speaker on YouTube
Speaker of the House John Boehner to Speak His Piece on YouTube
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YouTube will welcome Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-Ohio) for a special interview next week, during which he will answer users' questions on topics including the budget, spending, the economy, jobs, ...
Boehner to take questions on YouTube next week The Hill (blog)
The speaker speaks Washington Post
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